Nissan recovered 1,080,178 airbag-related products from 427,250 vehicles through recovery processing and on-board deployment operations*3. The airbag recycling ratio stood at 94.4%, exceeding the legal requirement of 85%. A total of 176,963.4 kg of fluorocarbons collected from 570,932 vehicles were processed.

The cost of these recycling efforts amounted to 6,295,394,414 yen. Recycling fees and income generated from the business of managing recycling operations totaled 6,586,287,894 yen, contributing to a net surplus of 290,893,480 yen. From FY2004 to FY2009, the total cost of recycling operations lead to a net surplus of 412,222,368 yen. This is equivalent to 130.7 yen per vehicle. For the mid- and long-term forecast, Nissan anticipates cost of recycling operations to stabilize.

Consistent with the Nissan Green Program 2010, the company will continue with its efforts to reach the ultimate recovery ratio of 100%, that is to reuse and recover 100% of the materials from ELV into usable resources.

Nissan's activities in recycling are as follows:

Activities in new vehicles:

Expansion of vehicle design to enable easy dismantling and recycling of components

Development of recycling methodologies for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles

Increase use of recycled materials

Promotion of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling:

Develop new methodologies in efficient recycling of ELVs into usable materials

Measures to achieve zero land-fill waste in Japan

Development of material recycling technology in creating usable materials from ELVs